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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 8h

Not thrilled that last week's post is looking like this week's reality. Lynx have 10 minutes to prove me wrong.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 8h

Blaming the Lynx's sloppy, shoddy play on anything other than the Lynx players is foolish.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Glad to see Macalester is at No. 645 going into Saturday's battle for the Paint Bucket against No. 746 Hamline. Saturday's trophy games: Paint Bucket > Little Brown Jug.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Twins firing their pitching coaches and an assistant trainer.

Text of the announcement that the Twins are firing pitching coach Pete Maki, assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez and an assistant trainer.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I give referees a log of slack, as a rule. But The relationship between the Liberty and the officials in the first half looked a lot like the relationship between Tr*mp and Todd Blanche.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yo, Lynx. You're not playing Seattle.

First-quarter scoreboard. Liberty 15, Lynx 6.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thx @macalestercollege.bsky.social victory bell has entered the field with 1 minute left.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Feminize a band name: Georgia Thorogood and the Destroyers.

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Bobby Nightengale @nightengalejr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Confirming Jon “Boog” Sciambi, the great Cubs and ESPN broadcaster, will be one of the Timberwolves’ play-by-play announcers this year. He’s expected to call about 20 T-Wolves games for the upcoming season.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sports Take features a major development in #Timberwolves broadcast plans for the coming season on DAZN and over-the-air TV that will be announced soon.

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sports take | Wolves Plan to Add Big-Name Broadcast Talent

9.24.26

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'll say it: The Lynx' season could be over by this time next week.

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Sarah Todd @nbasarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some very exciting personal news! I am overjoyed to announce that I have accepted the position as the new Timberwolves reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune! I'm so excited to be joining a staff of incredible journalists, to move to a wonderful city, and to cover a wildly interesting team!

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can't recall a time when sports has done so much to bring out the worst among us. Violence against women mocked, delusional parents, grifters using sports to beg for media attention. I shared my anger and annoyance in this week's Sports Take before getting to the stuff I'm happier to share.

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sports take | If You’re Not Upset, You’re Not Paying Attention

9.17.26

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Twins and Angels getting the umpiring they deserve.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Twins game has gone on so long that insects are dying in the 200 level. It's a bug not a feature, I guess

This insect perished in the 12th inning at Target Field.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have now witnessed the last 2 Twins players to wear No. 21 *and* hit home runs in their first MLB at-bat Emmanuel Rodriguez today and Andre David vs. Detroit in 1984 Three things: 1. That was David's only career homer. 2. David's came off Jack Morris 3. I'm older than you may think

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

All of the games on the out-of-town scoreboard at Target Field are wrong. None of those teams are playing each other. Let's see if anyone who can fix it notices. (The only correct score is Gophers vs. Mississippi State.)

The scoreboard at Target Field is filled with incorrect games and wrong scores

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I saw a disgusting and racist meme on another platform about Saturday’s Gophers-Mississippi State game that I won’t dignify with oxygen here. But it did provoke me to share this: the first time I’ve ever shared from Christianity Today.

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The Trump-Era Laughter at Immigrant Suffering Is Deforming Our Souls - Christianity Today

Even those who want closed borders shouldn’t find migrants’ pain entertaining.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sports Take: Separating contenders and pretenders in Minnesota sports, including a higher bar for Gophers football and volleyball. Plus, keys to the Vikings season, context for Lynx ticket prices, a new sport for gold medalist Jessie Diggins and (no joke) the Twins start selling playoff tickets.

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sports take | Our Who’s Who of Contenders and Pretenders

9.10.26

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was a toll collector on the Tri-State Tollway after my 1st year of college, it was payoff for working on Illinois Gov. Dan Walker's election campaign. (He later served 17 months in prison in Duluth.) One supervisor was named John Christ. He hung office memos signed "J. Christ." Job best done high.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Playoff push? I believe the Twins were pushed out of the playoff picture with finality during Sunday's embarrassment in Chicago. Best Minnesota baseball today is the townball title game in Shakopee.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

OK, who else remembers the ending of the USA-Soviet Union gold medal men's basketball game at the 1972 Olympics? It's the Michigan-Western Michigan ending on steroids. www.youtube.com/shorts/5HLED...

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Watching livestream of a D3 football game: Excitable student announcers, one-camera video, accidental nuggets of wisdom, former student starting at QB. Plus a 10 a.m. kickoff because of the heat and humidity. Solid day starter. #d3fb

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Never change, Canada. At the FIBA Women's World Cup.

Canadian fan at the FIBA Women's World Cup holds up a sign that says "Lake Ontario!" during the game between USA and China.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bonus for #Gophers football fans: Jason Benetti doing play-by-play for Minnesota vs. Eastern Illinois. I'm sure he'll bring the proper tone to Opening Night.

Jason Benetti, one of the elites in play-by-play (left), is working tonight's Gophers football opener.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Have the Twins Rally Dancers been replaced by the Pest Control Posse? From tonight's pregame

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Might be generational but the ESPN U.S. Open open ft. Billy Idol singing Hot in the City is 🔥🔥

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Is Novak Djokovic's U.S. Open opponent on loan from the Savannah Bananas?

Mariano Navone is wearing an all-bright yellow outfit for his first-round match at the US Open.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Handing out Twins-logoed Peanuts jerseys today is a pretty appropriate representation of the inept baseball the Twins have been playing to concuss themselves out of the playoff picture.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Roseville's new coach, Joseph Vigil, 20, made an appearance in my Sports Take newsletter this week. He is believed to be the youngest coach ever of a boys' varsity team in Minnesota. (Aitkin hired a younger coach several years back to lead its dance team.) open.substack.com/pub/thedaily...

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Will we judge success for the Twins now if they don't finish last in the AL Central? Their "lead" over Kansas City is now down to three games. It's a mistake prone, tired looking, dispirited team right now.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hmm. The Drake University team bus is at the Minnesota State Fair. In case you were wondering which fair is better.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Walked into A Bar of Their Own today and walked out with this.

The T-shirt says, "In Cheryl We Trust" in white and green letters on a blue background.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today's Trumpian check-in: How are the Canada Geese doing?

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reading about Marc Lore selling his majority share of the Timberwolves & Lynx, it struck me nobody locally had really described the new venture he's promoting. Calling it a "food business" doesn't do it justice, neither for its scope nor its risk. I went down a rabbit hole in this week's Sports Take

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sports take | Wondering About the Wolves Sale? So Was I

8.27.26

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Has anyone in the north metro checked to see how Little Canada is doing today?

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Little Canada, MN | Official Website

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happiest person in Sacramento right now: official scorer who ruled the pop-up that dropped next to the A's third baseman as an error in the fourth inning. It was the only Twins hit until Royce Lewis lined a clean single to start the seventh.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As long as we’re doing underappreciated Dolly Parton songs, here’s my favorite. A collab with Joan Jett. (And I hate what Carrie Underwood and NBC did to this as the open for Sunday Night Football.)

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I Hate Myself For Loving You (feat. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts) (Official Audio)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well played: Lynx pregame includes player fashion photos on the scoreboard. Kosu . . . Phee . . . Dorka . . . and Spider-Man. #ftw

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thinking Prielipp’s next turn in rotation (Wednesday vs. Athletics) gets skipped, possibly in favor of a call-up. Kendry Rojas was being prepared but left Saints start last night injured. Next option? Also, reference below to “Shelton/Maki fail” notable because it was a rare miss on their part, IMO

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Asking Connor Prielipp to go out for the 5th inning was dicey. Not getting him outta the game after struggling through the bottom 3 batters in the order - including walking the No. 9 batter - was a Shelton/Maki fail. Prielipp's meltdown was predictable. It's no time for learning experiences. #Twins

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My new Sports Take includes conversation starters about the Vikings, Lynx, Twins and a high profile prep basketball star switching schools. I also compare P.J. Fleck to a former Gophers coach, have a new favorite Vikings player and share video from Karl-Anthony Towns' wedding.

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sports take | Conversation Starters, Drama and Some Fun

8.20.26

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sitting in the shade at Target Field today for the game against Atlanta. This feels like a good choice.

Shirt with the line score from Game 7 of the 1991 World Series in Metrodome scoreboard font: Twins 1, Atlanta 0. #ChangeTheName

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Five words: Cody F****ng Parkey. Double doink. Bears vs. Eagles playoff 2019.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

BREAKTHROUGH: For everyone (properly) annoyed about folks talking about women’s basketball players by making a comparison to a male, I was just at a boys’ high school prospect camp where a coach pointed out a guard and said, “He has handles like Olivia Miles.”

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Got the junkiest of junk mails today.

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